grate
/ɡreɪt/verb
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कद्दूकस करना
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[T] ~ sth
to rub food into small pieces against a grater
कद्दूकस करना
- Grate the carrots.
- Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the pasta.
- Grate the ginger finely and add it to the tea.
+ 2 more examples
- She grated a coconut for the chutney.
- Don't grate your fingers along with the cheese.
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[I] ~ (on sb/sth)
to annoy somebody; to make an unpleasant noise by rubbing against something
खटकना, कर्कश आवाज़ करना
- His voice grates on my nerves.
- The squeaky gate grates on my ears every morning.
- That constant humming grates on my nerves.
+ 2 more examples
- The chair legs grated on the stone floor.
- His loud laugh grates after a while.
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[C]
a metal frame for holding the wood or coal in a fireplace
अँगीठी की जाली
- a coal fire in the grate
- The old fireplace grate was full of ash after the cold night.
- The fire burned brightly in the grate.
+ 2 more examples
- Ashes were swept from the grate every morning.
- An iron grate protected the room from sparks.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Homophone, asked very often: grate (rub food into pieces; annoy; a fireplace frame) and great (very large; excellent) are both pronounced /ɡreɪt/.
Homophone में यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: grate (भोजन कद्दूकस करना; खटकना; चूल्हे की जाली) और great (बहुत बड़ा; उत्कृष्ट) दोनों की pronunciation /ɡreɪt/ है।
Keep the annoy words together: grate on, jar (have an unpleasant effect), irritate, rankle (continue to cause anger), get on sb's nerves.
खटकने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: grate on, jar (अप्रिय प्रभाव डालना), irritate, rankle (क्रोध बनाए रखना), get on sb's nerves।
§Grammar and usage
The adjective grating means unpleasant and annoying ('a grating voice').
Adjective grating का अर्थ अप्रिय और खटकने वाला है ('a grating voice')।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Grate on sb (annoy somebody: 'His jokes grate on me').
Phrasal verb 'grate on sb' (किसी को खटकना: 'His jokes grate on me')।